Storage and display receptacle.



W. F. WILMOTH. STORAGE AND DISPLAY RECEPTACLE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 6. I9I2.

Patented Apr. 4, 1916.

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ATTORNEY w. F; WILMOTH. STORAGE AND DISPLAY RECEPTACLE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 6,1912.

Patented Apr. 4, 1916.-

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body of the said invention has for its object F. WILMOTH, OF NEW YORK,

COMPANY, A

WILLIAM N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO'NATIONAL CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

STORAGE AND DISPLAY RECEPTACLE.

Application filed June 6,

To all whom it Be it known no'rn. a citizen of the United ing at the city .of New York. borough of Manhattan, in the county and State of New York. have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Storage and Display Receptacles, of which the following is a. ful clear, and exact specification.

My invention relates to improvements in storage and display same has for its object more particularly to provide a simple. eiiicient and reliable receptacle. in which the cover portion may be readily attached to, or detached from, the

receptacle.

Hi (t l/ 607106771 I Further, to provide a receptacle with a transparent covenand an attaching section whereby the cover may be temporarily yet securely attached to the receptacle without the use of tools or other implements.

Further, said invention has forits object to provide a receptacle with a hinged cover: an attaching section adapted to engage the upper edge or rim of the receptacle, and means for securing said attaching section to said receptacle.

To the. attainment of the aforesaid objects and ends my invention consists in the novel detailsof construction, and in the combiation. connection and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully described and then pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings forming part of the specification, wherein like numerals of reference indicate lilie parts. Figure l is a perspective view showing one form of receptacle constructed according to, and embodying my said invention: Fig. 2 is a central vertical section showingthe cover closed. in full lines. and folded back in '5 is a detail perspective view. one end of the attaching section showing the securing means adjusted in position to secure the cover to a receptacle, and in broken lines. adjusted to position preparatory to attaching to or removing from a receptacle; Fig. 4 is an enlarged detail transverse section showing the cover attached to the receptacle. and in its closed position; Fig. 5 1s a similar view showing the cover folded fully back: Fig. (3 is an enlarged detail plan ortop view showing a portion of a receptacle with the cover in Specification of Letters Patent.

that l. \Ynmiaw. F. \Vnr States, resid-' receptacles. and the I I around the same.

"purpose of along the rear metal 20 having its inner Patented. Apr. 4, 1916.

1912. Serial No. 701,992.

position and opened at right angles to the top of the receptacle, and Fig. 7 is an enlarged detail rear view of the upper part of a receptacle, with the cover in closed position thereon. I

In. said drawings 10 denotes a sheet metal receptacle or can of the type commonly used for the packing and shipment of crackers or biscuits. Along the upper edge of said receptacle 10 is provided an inwardly projecting flange 11 which extends entirely The said flange 11 has its inner portion 12 doubled upon itself for the reinforcing the same.

13 denotes a detachable cover comprising a transparent section 14, and an attaching and securing section 15. The transparent section 14 consists of a frame section having a depending flange extending along two of its sides and its front. Within said frame section 16 is secured a transparent plate orglass 17 which'is secured in posltion therein by clips or retaining ears 18, 18, and edge of said frame section 16 are provided a pair of hinge members 19, 19.

The attaching and securing section 15 is formed of a relatively narrow strip of sheet edge 21 bent downwardly and outwardly, its extreme edge foldedback upon itself At the opposite ends of said strip 20 are provided rearwardly projecting securing ears 22,22. The said ea rs 22, 22 are formed integral with the upper portion of the strip 20. and have their inner edges partly cut away at 23, 23 in order to permit of the inner edge- 21 of said strip engaging properly with the portion of the flange 11 along the rear top edge of the can, and the inneriportions of the cars 22, 22 to rest upon the top of said flange 11, adjacent to the rear corners of the receptacle or can. Alongthe outer edge of the upper portion of'the strip 20 are provided a pluand rality of hinge members 2+, 24 24, which a re adapted 20 is more or less yielding, it will engage frictionally with said flange 11 and form a tight joint. As soon as the attaching section 15 is properly adjusted in position upon said flange 11, the ends of the cars 22, 22, which project rearwardly between the top of the an or receptacle, and the hinged edge of the cover 13, are bent downwardly, as shown at Figs. 1 and 3, against the rear side of the receptacle or can, and hold said attaching section 15, and cover 13 carried thereby firmly in position upon the can or receptacle. To remove the cover 13, it merely becomes necessary to restore the ends of the cars 22, 22 to their horizontal positions, as indicated in broken lines at Fig. 3, and then withdraw the attaching section 15 from the flange 11.

It is to be noted that a particular advan tage which is obtained by the use of my invention is that it enables the manufacturer of the article packed in the receptacle or can to provide the can or receptacle with a simple, inexpensive cardboard, metal or wooden cover which maybe readily applied to the can or receptacle to protect the contents during shipment or storage previous to displaying the same for sale,.and that by supplying the retailer with anumbe'r'of detachable covers, as herein shown and. described, it merely requires the retailer to remove the shipping cover, and apply a detachable cover which may remain upon the receptacle or can until the same is emptied, whereupon said cover may be easily detached and trans ferred to a new can. By this means the number of glasscovers 'used by the manufacturer of the goods packed in the cans may be greately reduced, and at the same time the breakage incident to shipment entirely obviated. that by means of my invention I am enabled to provide a can with a cover which is so constructed that the same may be folded to a vertical position flat against the rear side of the can without danger of straining said cover, the hinge or connected parts.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patcut is:

. Further, it is to be noted 1. The combination with areceptacle having a laterally extending flange at its open end, of a longitu(finally-grooved plate adapted to engage with said flange, foldablc members at the opposite ends of said plate adapted to be folded into engagement with the side of said receptacle from which said flange extends for securing said plate to said receptacle, and a hinged cover pivotally scoured to said plate, substantially as specified.

2. The combination with a receptacle ha ving a flange extending laterally from its open end, of a longitudinal plate provided along one of its longitudinal edges with a groove adapted to engage said flange. foldable projections extending transversely from the opposite longitudinal edge of said plate for securing said plate to said receptacle. and a cover pivotally secured to said plate, substantially as specified.

3. The combination with a receptacle having an inwardly projecting flange at its open end, of an attaching plate having one of its longitudinal edges bent downward and inward and adapted to receive said iuwardly projecting flange. foldable projew tions extending from opposite edges of said attaching plate and adapted to be folded over the open end of said receptacle. and a cover pivotally secured to said attaching plate, substantially as specified.

at. The combination with a receptacle having'an inwardly extemlingflange at its open end, of a detachable cover comprising an at taching plate having one of its longitudinal edges folded over parallel therewith, foldable projections extending transversely from theopposite ends of said attaching plate. and a cover part pivotally secured to said attaching plate intermediate said foldablc projections, substantially as specified.

Signed at the city of New York. in the county and State of New York, this sixth day of Ma nineteen hundred and twclvc.

WILLIAM F. Wllfllfi illl.

Witnesses:

R. E. Tonunxson, EDWIN T. GIBSON. 

